Sustainability


UN Report Urges Northeast Asia to Use Water Wisely

The United Nations' Environment Programme found that five major river basins have suffered from scarce water resources.

Eggert Joins Southern Research to Study Contaminants

Institute will focus on ways of cleaning up problematic constituents in water and wastewater sources.

Southeast U.S. Water Goes to Power Plants, Report Says

The Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance reports that two of every three gallons of freshwater in the Southeast are sent to thermoelectric power plants, most of which are coal fired and nuclear.



Ecology Rule Targets Transport, Handling of Recyclables

The state of Washington has a new rule that requires those that transport recyclable materials to register with the Department of Ecology.

GRC Demos Microwave Technology for Waste Conversion

Global Resource Corporation's Patriot-1 has transfomred scrap tires into diesel fuel, methane, pentane, butane, and propane.

EnOcean Solutions Are Free from Batteries, Wires

The EnOcean Alliance is dedicated to advancing sustainable building automation.